This Space for Rent

Railroad picture of the day

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An Amtrak Twinkie pulls the (90 minutes late) Coast Starlight through the mess of crossings at 11th/12th/Clinton St this afternoon. It’s not the most inspired railroad photograph of the day, but it is exceptional that, barring an act of congress forcing me to stay working, it will be the very last Amtrak train I see while I am still working for my “no-we-can’t-give-you-leave-you’re-too-important” corporate masters, and the symbolism is more important than the pathetic execution of the photo.